Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 16532421
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006 Mar;27(3):305-7
Six cases of coagulase-negative staphylococcal mediastinitis were identified in the latter half of 1999. A new preoperative cleansing solution was suspected by hospital staff to be a factor in the outbreak. We evaluated this possible risk factor along with other known and suspected surgical site infection risk factors in this case-control study.